$1400 is cheaper than any good scanner on the market, true. But this is not a good scanner. This is a hobbyist-class scanner like the ~1100USD CADscan (http:/

$1400 is cheaper than any good scanner on the market, true. But this is not a good scanner. This is a hobbyist-class scanner like the ~1100USD CADscan (http://cad-scan.co.uk/ http://cad-scan.co.uk/) and the 599USD Matterform Photon (http://www.matterform.net/ http://www.matterform.net/). These and the Makerbot product share essentially the same technology. The next level up from this would be something like NextEngine (>3000USD to get going): http://www.nextengine.com/ http://www.nextengine.com/.